Senate Action for 3/4/2015

SB 12 - Munzlinger - Modifies provisions relating to agriculture
   LR: 0110H.08T    HCS SS SCS SB 12
3/4/2015 -- Voted Do Pass H Agriculture Policy Committee w/HCAs 1, 2 & 3
3/4/2015 -- Reported Do Pass H Agriculture Policy Committee w/HCAs 1, 2 & 3
3/4/2015 -- Referred H Select Committee on Agriculture (Pursuant to H Rule 27.2)

SB 21 - Chappelle-Nadal - Modifies and enacts provisions relating to law enforcement officers
   LR: 0564S.01I    
3/4/2015 -- Bill Combined w/(SCS SBs 331 & 21)

SB 24 - Sater - Modifies provisions of law relating to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
   LR: 0498S.15T    CCS HCS SS#2 SCS SB 24
3/4/2015 -- Referred H Children and Families Committee

SB 51 - Onder - Modifies Missouri's Health Care Freedom Act by prohibiting the state from implementing a health insurance exchange, prohibiting insurers from accepting remuneration, and prescribing duties of the Attorney General for enforcement of the Act
   LR: 0574S.01I    
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 56 - Munzlinger - Allows certain Missouri non-residents to receive reduced hunting, fishing, and trapping permit fees
   LR: 0127S.05P    SCS SB 56
3/4/2015 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee (0127S.05C)

SB 59 - Dixon - Modifies the process for filling vacancies in certain statewide and General Assembly offices
   LR: 0285S.01I    
3/4/2015 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 67 - Cunningham - Authorizes certain court surcharges, Buchanan County to establish a county municipal court, certain circuits with a SORTS facility to appoint a court marshal, requires certain reporting regarding municipal courts and modifies procedure in landlord tenant cases
   LR: 0535S.06T    CCS HCS SS SCS SB 67
3/4/2015 -- SS for SCS S offered (Cunningham)--(0535S.04F)
3/4/2015 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & defeated (Emery)--(0535S04.01S)
3/4/2015 -- SS for SCS S adopted
3/4/2015 -- Perfected

SB 69 - LeVota - Modifies the law relating to election authorities
   LR: 0333S.02C    SCS SB 69
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 89 - LeVota - Requires health carriers to file their premium rates and accompanying information with the Department of Insurance for approval
   LR: 0444S.01I    
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 103 - LeVota - Allows members of the General Assembly to request confidential professional licensee information
   LR: 0534S.01I    
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 107 - Sater - Authorizes certain boards and commissions under the Division of Professional Registration to issue opinions for educational purposes and modifies laws relating to speech-language pathologists and audiologists
   LR: 0642S.03T    SCS SB 107
3/4/2015 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & adopted (Pearce)--(0642S03.02S)
3/4/2015 -- SCS, as amended, S adopted
3/4/2015 -- Perfected

SB 114 - Kraus - Allows school and library districts to be reimbursed for 50% of their tax increment under a TIF plan
   LR: 0150S.04I    
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 129 - Brown - Requires authorization for certain labor unions to use dues and fees to make political contributions and requires consent for withholding earnings from paychecks
   LR: 0648S.01I    
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 135 - Holsman - Allows qualified motorcycle operators to operate motorcycles and motortricycles without protective headgear under certain conditions
   LR: 0739S.01I    
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee

SB 140 - Parson - Provides that defendants in tort actions shall only be held severally liable and not jointly
   LR: 0480S.01I    
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 155 - Nasheed - Creates the Neighborhood Watch Fund for the creation of neighborhood watch organizations throughout the state
   LR: 0967S.01P    
3/4/2015 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee

SB 156 - Nasheed - Designates certain highways and bridges in the state
   LR: 0098H.05T    HCS SB 156
3/4/2015 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee
3/4/2015 -- Motion to pass bill as consent taken by S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee - Consent vote adopted

SB 161 - Nasheed - Modifies requirements for school antibullying policies and modifies provisions relating to reading instruction and student promotion in certain school districts
   LR: 0608S.02I    
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 164 - Sifton - Exempts in bankruptcy proceedings life insurance proceeds for the burial of a family member, modifies insurance foreign investment limits, changes the requirements for the valuation of reserves for life insurance, and modifies provisions regarding qualified spousal trusts
   LR: 0344H.03T    HCS SB 164
3/4/2015 -- Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 166 - Nasheed - Changes the name of the "I Have a Dream" specialty license plate to the "Dare to Dream" specialty license plate
   LR: 0998S.01T    
3/4/2015 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee
3/4/2015 -- Motion to pass bill as consent taken by S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee - Consent vote adopted

SB 194 - Richard - Extends the date that a business must commence operations to qualify for a business facility tax credit
   LR: 0794S.02T    
3/4/2015 -- Voted Do Pass S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 204 - Parson - Requires that an applicant for a navigator license must take an exam created by the Department of Insurance and submit to a criminal background check
   LR: 1069S.01I    
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Cancelled S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 220 - Kehoe - Modifies the duration of unemployment compensation, the method to pay federal advances, and raises the fund trigger causing contribution rate reductions
   LR: 1169S.01I    
3/4/2015 -- Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 227 - Emery - Modifies provisions relating to the collateral source rule and provides that parties may introduce evidence of the cost, rather than the value, of the medical treatment rendered
   LR: 1240S.01I    
3/4/2015 -- SS S offered (Emery)--(1240S.03F)
3/4/2015 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 231 - Kehoe - Modifies provisions relating to watercraft
   LR: 1207H.02T    HCS SB 231
3/4/2015 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee
3/4/2015 -- Motion to pass bill as consent taken by S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee - Consent vote adopted

SB 239 - Brown - Creates a statutory cause of action for damages against health care providers
   LR: 1309S.06T    SS SB 239
3/4/2015 -- Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 244 - Schmitt - Creates the Senior Savings Protection Act
   LR: 0843H.05T    HCS SB 244
3/4/2015 -- Voted Do Pass S Seniors, Families and Children Committee

SB 245 - Hegeman - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions
   LR: 0780H.03C    HCS SCS SB 245
3/4/2015 -- SCS S adopted
3/4/2015 -- Perfected
3/4/2015 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SB 248 - Schaefer - Prohibits public higher education institutions from denying religious student associations benefits available to other student associations and from discriminating against them
   LR: 1357S.01I    
3/4/2015 -- SCS Voted Do Pass (w/SCS SBs 248 & 311) S Education Committee (1357S.02C)

SB 254 - Kraus - Modifies provisions relating to motor vehicle license plates
   LR: 1424S.06T    HCS SB 254
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee

SB 255 - Schaaf - Allows those licensed by the Department of Agriculture to grow and handle industrial hemp
   LR: 1398S.01I    
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

SB 256 - Sater - Establishes a pilot program allowing noncustodial parents to reduce the amount of state debt owed
   LR: 1027S.03P    
3/4/2015 -- Voted Do Pass S Seniors, Families and Children Committee

SB 259 - Wallingford - Designates the priority for the state with respect to any funding for family planning services
   LR: 1296S.01I    
3/4/2015 -- Voted Do Pass S Seniors, Families and Children Committee

SB 267 - Schaefer - Increases the penalties and driver license suspension periods for those who fail to yield the right-of-way in certain instances
   LR: 0230S.03C    SCS SB 267
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee

SB 270 - Nasheed - Modifies public retirement systems
   LR: 1396H.04C    HCS SCS SB 270
3/4/2015 -- Committee Vote Reconsidered
3/4/2015 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S General Laws and Pensions Committee (1396S.02C)
3/4/2015 -- Motion to pass bill as consent taken by S General Laws and Pensions Committee - Consent vote adopted

SB 272 - Riddle - Changes the laws regarding motor vehicle height and weight limits in certain city commercial zones
   LR: 1274S.01T    
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee

SB 278 - Schatz - Modifies provisions relating to motor vehicles
   LR: 1427H.04C    HCS SS SCS SB 278
3/4/2015 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee (1427S.02C)
3/4/2015 -- Motion to pass bill as consent taken by S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee - Consent vote adopted

SB 282 - Parson - Requires insurers to mail notices cancelling, refusing to renew, or refusing to issue automobile insurance policies through certain United States postal service methods
   LR: 1377H.02C    HCS SB 282
3/4/2015 -- Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee
3/4/2015 -- Motion to pass bill as consent taken by S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee - Consent vote adopted

SB 283 - Kehoe - Allows political subdivisions to assign operation of a retirement plan to the Missouri Local Government Employees' Retirement System and modifies provisions relating to the Police Retirement System of the City of St. Louis
   LR: 1412H.03C    HCS SB 283
3/4/2015 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
3/4/2015 -- Perfected
3/4/2015 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SB 299 - Pearce - Modifies the eligibility requirements for the Bright Flight Scholarship Program and adds a forgivable loan component
   LR: 1591S.01I    
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 305 - Onder - Authorizes telephone companies to elect to have their tangible personal property assessed in accordance with a depreciation schedule
   LR: 1576S.01I    
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 311 - Emery - Prohibits public higher education institutions from denying religious student associations benefits available to other student associations
   LR: 1386S.01I    
3/4/2015 -- Bill Combined w/(SBS SBs 248 & 311)

SB 313 - Wallingford - Authorizes certain advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants, and assistant physicians to prescribe hydrocodone
   LR: 1596S.07S    SCS SB 313
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 315 - Dixon - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions
   LR: 1687H.03C    HCS SCS SB 315
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 318 - Cunningham - Designates certain highways in the state
   LR: 1685S.01T    
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee

SB 326 - Sater - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivision audits, county office vacancies, county budgets, special purpose districts, annexations, and sewer districts
   LR: 1643H.03C    HCS SCS SB 326
3/4/2015 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee (1643S.02C)

SB 328 - Schupp - Modifies provisions relating to mental health
   LR: 0678S.05P    SCS SB 328
3/4/2015 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Education Committee (0678S.05C)
3/4/2015 -- Motion to Pass Bill Consent FAILED S Education Committee

SB 331 - Libla - Modifies provisions relating to emergencies, requirements for police officers at protests, and recordings from law enforcement cameras
   LR: 1677S.07C    SCS SBs 331 & 21
3/4/2015 -- SCS Voted Do Pass w/SCS SBs 331 & 21 S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee (1677S.07C)

SB 339 - Munzlinger - Authorizes all third and fourth class counties to collect a property tax to pay for road rock on county roads
   LR: 1787S.01I    
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 341 - Riddle - Modifies provisions of law relating to the protection of children and other vulnerable persons
   LR: 1561H.04T    HCS SCS SB 341
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S Seniors, Families and Children Committee

SB 345 - Wasson - Modifies provisions relating to financial transactions
   LR: 1672S.02T    SCS SB 345
3/4/2015 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee (1672S.02C)

SB 346 - Wasson - Modifies insurance foreign investment limits
   LR: 1657S.01I    
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 360 - Parson - Establishes the Civil Litigation Funding Act
   LR: 1595S.04C    SCS SB 360
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Cancelled S Progress and Development Committee

SB 362 - Parson - Allows the Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration to issue non-binding informational documents to insurers
   LR: 1795S.01I    
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 372 - Keaveny - Modifies provisions relating to the deferred compensation plan
   LR: 1801S.03C    SCS SB 372
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S General Laws and Pensions Committee

SB 380 - Wieland - Modifies provisions relating to health care
   LR: 1264H.04C    HCS SCS SB 380
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S Seniors, Families and Children Committee

SB 386 - Keaveny - Modifies provisions relating to hemp extract
   LR: 0274S.10P    SS#2 SB 386
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

SB 387 - Wasson - Modifies provisions required to be in nuisance abatement ordinances enacted by municipalities and counties
   LR: 1878S.01I    
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 392 - Wieland - Modifies which members of fraternal benefit societies are exempt from insurance agent licensing
   LR: 1536S.01T    
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 416 - Wasson - Modifies provisions of law regarding the disposition of deceased human remains, collaborative practice arrangements, regulating new professions, and creates the Missouri Health Information Exchange Commission
   LR: 1903H.05C    HCS SS SB 416
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 417 - Chappelle-Nadal - Specifies when a law enforcement officer is justified to use deadly force and requires a special prosecutor be appointed to investigate instances of such deadly force
   LR: 2057S.01I    
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 452 - Schmitt - Provides that no person shall be found guilty of failure to appear if the criminal matter solely involves certain traffic-related infractions
   LR: 2199S.01I    
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 456 - Kehoe - Modifies provisions relating to the ownership of motor vehicles
   LR: 1270H.04T    HCS SCS SB 456
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 457 - Sater - Modifies provisions relating to health care professionals and services
   LR: 2178H.05C    HCS SS SB 457
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 458 - Sater - Modifies provisions of law regarding healthcare
   LR: 2180H.03C    HCS SB 458
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SCR 1 - Nasheed - Designates January as Sex Trafficking Awareness Month in Missouri
   LR: 0815S.01T    
3/4/2015 -- Voted Do Pass H Trade & Tourism Committee
3/4/2015 -- Reported Do Pass H Trade & Tourism Committee
3/4/2015 -- Referred H Select Committee on Commerce (Pursuant to H Rule 27.4)

SCR 4 - Walsh - Recognizes every September 26th as Mesothelioma Awareness Day
   LR: 0331S.01T    
3/4/2015 -- Voted Do Pass H Trade & Tourism Committee
3/4/2015 -- Reported Do Pass H Trade & Tourism Committee
3/4/2015 -- Referred H Select Committee on Commerce (Pursuant to H Rule 27.4)

SCR 5 - Romine - Creates the Missouri Lead Industry Employment, Economic Development and Environmental Remediation Task Force
   LR: 0367S.01I    
3/4/2015 -- H adopted

SCR 19 - Schaefer - Applies to Congress for the calling of an Article V convention of states to propose certain amendments to the United States Constitution which place limits on the federal government
   LR: 2096S.01I    
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SCR 20 - Emery - Urges the United States Congress to propose the Regulation Freedom Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
   LR: 2118S.01I    
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SCR 21 - Dixon - Applies to Congress for the calling of a convention to propose certain amendments to the United States Constitution which place limits on the federal government
   LR: 2098S.02P    SCS SCRs 21, 19 & 23
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SCR 23 - Schmitt - Applies to Congress for the calling of an Article V convention of states to propose certain amendments to the United States Constitution which place limits on the federal government
   LR: 2175S.01I    
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SCR 24 - Holsman - Urges Congress to call an Article V Convention for the purpose of proposing amendments to the United States Constitution
   LR: 2250S.01I    
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SJR 7 - Richard - Establishes a constitutional limit on punitive damages
   LR: 1150S.02I    
3/4/2015 -- Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

HB 63 - Dugger - Modifies provisions relating to persons seeking public office
   LR: 0545S.13T    SS SCS HCS#2 HB 63
3/4/2015 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee (0545S.08C)

HB 88 - Walton Gray - Designates July 3 of each year as "Organ Donor Recognition Day"
   LR: 0185L.01T    
3/4/2015 -- S First Read--HB 88-Walton Gray

HB 149 - Fitzpatrick - Allows the issuance of a license to sell liquor by the drink on any boat licensed by the United States Coast Guard to carry 30 or more passengers
   LR: 0735L.01P    
3/4/2015 -- S First Read--HB 149-Fitzpatrick

HB 259 - Reiboldt - Creates the Missouri Dairy Revitalization Act of 2015
   LR: 0989H.02T    HCS HB 259
3/4/2015 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

HB 361 - Spencer - Designates the third week of February as "Engineer Awareness Week" in Missouri
   LR: 1084H.01T    
3/4/2015 -- S First Read--HB 361-Spencer

HB 391 - Gosen - Requires insurers to mail notices cancelling, refusing to renew, or refusing to issue automobile insurance policies through certain United States postal service methods
   LR: 0981H.01T    
3/4/2015 -- S First Read--HB 391-Gosen

HB 400 - Peters - Designates the month of November each year as "Epilepsy Awareness Month"
   LR: 0345L.01T    
3/4/2015 -- S First Read--HB 400-Peters

HB 402 - Phillips - Designates the first full week before Memorial Day as "Safe Boating Week"
   LR: 0860H.01T    
3/4/2015 -- S First Read--HB 402-Phillips

HB 404 - Phillips - Designates the week in which May 15 falls as "Missouri's Peace Officers Memorial Week"
   LR: 0863H.01T    
3/4/2015 -- S First Read--HB 404-Phillips

HB 562 - Davis - Modifies regulation of autocycle operators and exempts such operators from using protective headgear
   LR: 1466H.01P    
3/4/2015 -- S First Read--HB 562-Davis

HCR 32 - Ross - Adopts the House Majority Floor Leader's filing with the EPA as the state's official position on the Clean Power Plan, and urges the EPA to withdraw the proposed Clean Power Plan rule
   LR: 1332H.03C    HCS HCR 32
3/4/2015 -- S First Read--HCS for HCR 32